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Whether you register as a\nresident depends on how long you will live here: you register as a resident at the gemeente of\nyour host family's address if you will live in the Netherlands\n",[129,142],{"value":143},"fact:brp-resident-registration-threshold",", and a shorter stay uses a different, non-resident\nroute this guide does not cover. You go yourself, in person, with your own documents. Your host\nfamily can book the appointment and come along, but they cannot register you in your place,\nbecause the signature and the biometric check are yours.",[125,146,147],{},"Registration itself is free. What is not free is doing it late or at an address you do not\nactually live at: both can lead to a fine, and repeated non-compliance can trigger an address\ncheck.",[134,149,151],{"id":150},"what-to-bring","What to bring",[125,153,154],{},"Take originals only, never copies or photos. You need a valid passport or ID card, proof that\nyou are allowed to live in the Netherlands (your residence permit card, or the sticker in your\npassport if you have not collected the card yet), proof of the address where you live, and your\noriginal birth certificate. A driving licence is not accepted as identification.",[125,156,157],{},"A foreign birth certificate usually needs an apostille or full legalisation before it is valid\nhere, and a translation by a sworn translator if it is not already in Dutch, English, French or\nGerman. Arrange this in your home country before you fly if you can. Fixing it from inside the\nNetherlands means sending documents back home, which adds real delay on top of the registration\nitself, so bring everything complete on day one if at all possible.",[134,159,161],{"id":160},"the-permission-form-from-your-host-family","The permission form from your host family",[125,163,164],{},"Because you are moving into someone else's home, most gemeenten also require a signed permission\nform from the main resident of the address, often called a toestemmingsverklaring hoofdbewoner.\nWho signs it, whether a landlord also has to agree, and how it is submitted differs per\nmunicipality. This is a household and gemeente matter, not something this guide can answer for\nyou: ask your host family to sort out the correct form with their own gemeente before your\nappointment.",[134,166,168],{"id":167},"booking-the-appointment-and-what-to-do-when-it-slips","Booking the appointment, and what to do when it slips",[125,170,171],{},"There is no national number for how long you wait for a first appointment. It varies by city and\nby how busy the counter is, and any figure printed here would be wrong within a month. Book as\nsoon as the arrival date is known, waits of several weeks are common, and treat the booking\nconfirmation as your evidence that you tried on time.",[125,173,174],{},"If the appointment falls later than the deadline, that is not something you did wrong. Keep the\nconfirmation email, tell your host family and your agency in writing on the day you find out, and\nask your agency to record it.",[134,176,178],{"id":177},"getting-your-bsn-afterward","Getting your BSN afterward",[125,180,181],{},"You do not receive your BSN at the counter. It is generated once your registration is processed\nand sent to you by letter at your host family's address, so do not expect it on the spot and do\nnot plan a bank account or insurance appointment for the same week as the gemeente visit.\nPhotograph the letter once it arrives and keep it somewhere safe. Only government bodies and\norganisations with a legal basis, such as your insurer, your doctor and your bank, may ask for\nyour BSN: never post it in a group chat.",[125,183,184,185,190],{},"Once you have it, health insurance, DigiD and a bank account are the next things that need it.\nSee ",[186,187,189],"a",{"href":188},"\u002Fen\u002Fguide\u002Fthe-tb-test-at-the-ggd","the-tb-test-at-the-ggd"," for the other clock that starts\nonce your residence permit, not your registration, is issued.",{"title":192,"searchDepth":193,"depth":193,"links":194},"",2,[195,196,197,198,199],{"id":136,"depth":193,"text":137},{"id":150,"depth":193,"text":151},{"id":160,"depth":193,"text":161},{"id":167,"depth":193,"text":168},{"id":177,"depth":193,"text":178},"2026-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","You must register in person at your gemeente within a set deadline after arrival, and it produces the BSN that almost nothing else works without. 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